Guaifen symptoms and conditions

Guaifen with Bromfed caused a very high heart rate. I took it once.
The doctor did a EKG and determined the heart waveforms looked normal but really fast. Over 160bps when it slowed enough to count.
I was given something to slow the heart. It took 3 days for the rate to drop to normal.

I have been taking Levaquin and Guaifen for a week now to clear up an ear infection that resulted from getting the Flu. The infection seems to be clearing up slowly, but the problem is that I have been getting 2 to 6 hours sleep each night since then. I had a look at the Guaifen page on this site and a lot of people have insomnia from that also. So it seems that I am taking 2 drugs that both cause insomnia. I just hope the symptoms of my infection clear up soon so that I can stop taking the drugs and get some sleep. I usually sleep 8 hours per night. I have not noticed any other side effects from these drugs though.

I was prescribed Guaifen fo a cold that settled in my sinus area. It has left my eyes extremely dry, and red and wrinkled all around. I am now very sensetive to light, and it affected my eyesight.

I hve been taking Guaifen since Friday. By Sunday, I have experienced severe nausea, sleeplessness, headaches, hot flashes, dizziness, stomach pain, complete loss of appetite, shaking and increased heartbeat. If the side effects of the cure are worse than the sinus infection, why put this on the market?!

does guaifen cause depression

I started taking Guaifen 3 days ago and i had a hard time sleeping. The first day i felt that my heart was beating very fast and i could not sleep at all. The next night, again, i was not able to sleep even 30 mintues altogether, and during those 30 mintues, i had nightmares. I did not know that this medication can cause sleeplessness until i read the side affects. I knew there was something wrong becuase it is unlike me not to sleep, since i love sleeping.

I was taking guaifen for a sinus infection. I felt like I was dieing. It seemed like I had no blood pressure what so ever, my stomach hurt constantly, could not sleep, headache, awful taste in my mouth and was constantly freezing. I finally figured out that it was the medication causing these awful symptoms. When I looked up guaifen on the internet I was appauled that a doctor would prescribe such a thing!

Guaifen definately cleared my drainage right up and has kept me awake and efficient during the day which is a nice break considering I have felt tired and unable to breath for the past week due to a sinus infection. It has though made me rediculously oversensitive/emotional and have abnormal daydreams.

I am currently using guaifen and albuterol for severe cold symptoms. The most noticeable side effects I have experienced are nausea, decreased appetite and dizziness.

I have been recently been taking guaifen and the past few nights i have experienced weird dreams and i have not been able to sleep very well. this drug speeds up my heart rate and makes me very hyper. i also have difficulty speaking. i have been very silent over the past few days. the drug works though i don't have a cough anymore.

I have some kind of sickness which is going around and I couldn't hear one morning out of one ear so I went to the doctor and he prescribed me Guaifen. It worked right away after the first 30 mins my ears begin to pop and slowly return some of my hearing. The first day I took it it made me drowsy. I only take it at around the time I go to bed and it wakes me up around 7 or 8 am every time so far. I usually wake up with a really bad cough which I try not to swallow and although its supposed to help me with the cough it dosen't do anything for my sore throat. My sickness is slowly fading but the ear has not healed after the first day.

Dr. prescribed guaifen w/p-ephed 600/120mg 2x a day for sever sinus pressure - it certainly has releived the sinus pressure. My side effects have been racing heart beat shortly after taking, upset stomach within minutes and the most problematic has been the feeling of itching on the front of my entire legs, front & back upper torso - especially the upper back and entire scalp as well as waking up 1 hour after taking the PM dose - full of energy - getting ALOT accomplished. However, I am going to stop taking this medication as I want a full restful night's sleep and want the itching to STOP. I personally will never use this product again. Thank you everyone for your input - it helped me greatly. sincerely - sleepy!

Prescribe Guaifen for potential liquid trapped in my ears, that was causing them to pop and ache. My finger nails have turned blue, shortness of breath, and a hard time focusing.

I took Guaifen W/P- ephed 600 and I will NEVER again!! I barely slept at all and what little I did, I had nightmares.

Was prescribed Guaifen along with Robitussin, and broke out in hives within 3 days - even taken only half the dose prescribed. Don't know if it was the Robitussin or the Guaifen or the combination, but from seeing the comments here, I assume it was the Guaifen (esp since I've taken Robitussin before, with no side effects).

I started taken Guaifen 11/18/05 and the next day, 11/19/05 I started having pains in my upper back and I feel my chest has pressure on it and I am having troubling breathing normal. I will discontinue the use of this drug.

Susan Hilbert

Reading these posts makes me feel a lot more normal. I took my first and last Guaifen tablet last night at 10:30 for chronic sinus problems. By 1:30, I was up, heart pounding, dizzy and disoriented. It's 8pm and I am still not able to go to sleep. I have slight high blood pressure. That may have played a part. But, I reminded the dr. of this when he prescribed this.

For those of you who posted that you like it, I'm happy for you. I'm staying far, far away from it.

An 18 year old who occasionally helps us at our farm took guaifen for a week, taking his last pill yesterday. Today he wrecked our pickup by running thru a barbed wire fence, shearing off two oak 12-inch square h-brace posts, smashing a 12-ft metal gate, and damaging 3 pieces of 12-inch gated irrigation pipe. The young man stated, after my husband who was riding with him managed to turn off the truck, that he did not remember any of the events and only "came to" when the truck came to a stop. My husband says that his (the young man's) eyes were open during the entire event, but he did not respond to my husband's shouting at him to stop. Of course we can't say for sure that guaifen caused this "blackout" but it does give cause for alarm. Thank God the young man was not driving alone on a highway!!!

My doctor did not inform me this is a psuedo-ephedrine drug. Which means you should NOT consume caffienated products while on the medication. It could increase the side-effect of dizzyness. The psuedo-ephedrine is also the reason you could feel like "your on speed" or the loss of appetite. Ephedrine isn't for everyone. If you experience those feelings it's best to take a half dose or to stop taking it all. Ephedrine/ephedra are used in many diet pills- most of which are being pulled from the shelves.

When used correctly; modifed to fit an individual, Guaifen can work beautifully.

Guaifen. I too would stear anyone away from this med. Lost 8 pounds, not sleeping well, waking up at 3-4am wide awake. Eyes are really heavy but the rest of me is strong as ever.

Taking with AMOX for cronic sinus infection.

Anyone else suffer from a 3 weeks Sinus infection?

I have been on guaifen for a week and I still have the buzzed feeling even though my body is tired. I also have back pain, coughing hasn't stopped. I also wake up around 2 am each night and have shortness of breath and start gagging. I do not reccomend this med!

Been taking Guaifen(1 pill twice a day) for 2 days. First night I woke up at 2 and never went back to sleep. Last night I never fell asleep. Works great as a decongestant, but give me congestion any day of the week. Got up last night and my whole body was shivering with my heart racing. This cannot be good for you.

I was prescribed this Guaifen semi-horse pill on 1/24/05 for the flu, I haven't slept more than 5 hours during the last 36 hours, I sweat like a wet towel, I had to change my bed, my clothes because of the sweat and I feel like and going out of my head. My doc didn't mentioned any after effects.

My wife was prescribed to take Guaifen and it has been a terrible ordeal. she has had a chronic cough, vomiting, shivers, bleeding in stool and more. We stopped after three days. This stuff should be reevaluated by the FDA.